عَاضِهٌ
Root: عضه
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عَاضِهٌ
applied to a he-camel, as also
عَضِهٌ , and عَاضِهَةٌ applied to a she-camel, and thus also عَاضِهٌ, Depasturing the trees called
عِضَاه; and the pl. [of عَاضِهٌ and عَاضِهَةٌ] in this sense, applied to camels, is عَوَاضِهُ: or, accord. to 'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh, عَضِهٌ has this meaning; but عَاضِهٌ signifies having a complaint from eating the
عِضَاه: or
عَضِهٌ has the latter meaning, or the former meaning: or, accord. to AHn, عَضِهَةٌ applied to a she-camel signifies breaking the branches, or twigs, of the
عِضَاه. [See also عِضَهِىٌّ.]
def.2 Also Enchanting, or an enchanter; in the dial. of Kureysh. See also the last paragraph of this art. A poet says,
2 And حَيَّةٌ عَاضِهٌ and عَاضِهَةٌ A serpent that kills instantly when it bites.
def.2 Also Enchanting, or an enchanter; in the dial. of Kureysh. See also the last paragraph of this art. A poet says,
[I seek protection by my Lord from the women sputtering upon the knots of the lying enchanter: see art. نفث, and the Kur-án cxiii. 4]: or, as some relate it, فى عِضَهِ [upon the enchantment].أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّى مِنَ النَّافِثَا تِ فِى عُقَدِ العَاضِهِ
2 And حَيَّةٌ عَاضِهٌ and عَاضِهَةٌ A serpent that kills instantly when it bites.
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